Disinfectant device.



J. GILSON.

DISINPE'JTANT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1910.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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Specification 6: Letters Patent. Application filed December-'8, 1910. Ser'iai No. 595,383.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that 1, JAMES GILsou, a cit-izen of the United States, residingat Providence in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Disinfectant Devices, of which the following is a specification. r

The invention relates to a vice, and more particularly apparatus for disinfectant de-. to the class of delivering disinfectant -material at predetermined intervals into a flush tank or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of this character in which disinfectant material may be ad- 'mitted at predetermined intervals into, the

water contained in, afiush tank, the rise and fall of the water within the tank being adapted to control the apparatus for delivery and non-delivery of the disinfectant material into such water in the tank.

Another object of'the invention is the pro -v vision of an apparatus of this character in.

which the same may be detaehably mounted in a flush tank and when positioned therein will deliver a predetermined quantity of,

disinfectant material into the water for sanitary purposes.

' A further objectof the invention is the provision of an apparatustof this character in which the disinfectant material is held within a tank,

. cation with a 35 thelatter being in communifioat operated valve which controls the supply of disinfectant material to the water contained in a flush tank, so that when'the water is discharged from the tank, thesame will contain a predetermined amount of disinfectant matenal for purifying or destroying germs in laboratory equip ents. v

A still further object'of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of this character which is simple in constructiomathoroughly reliable and eflicient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

' invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as Wlll be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a flush tank with the wall broken away, illustrating the application of the in- -turne'd l yto. bring the pocket 13 vention. Fig. 2 is a top plan vievv thereof. Fig. 3 1s a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig.1; Fig. 4 is a therewith.

S1m1lar reference characters indicate corbottom plan view: of the valve shell or casing and the fioat connection;

responding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

designates a flush or water-closet tank havmg the usual float 6 for the control of water thereto. Detachably mounted within the tank is the disinfect-ant apparatus, as will j The disinfectant apparatus comprises a be hereinafter more fully described" reservoir 7 havin a rounded bottomB, from a medial pointo ing threaded nipple 9, the back being provided with hangers 10, which are adapted to engage one side wall of the tank 5 for the mounting of therein, and permitting its easy removal whendesired. I

Adjustably mounted on the'nipple 9 and depending from the, reservoir 7 is a valve shell or casing 11, in

the reservoir which is mounted a which projects a depend' reservoir at its I turningplug 12 having a pocket 13 therein which'is adapted to alternately register or,,

aline with the bore through the valve shell or casing 11, which bore communicates with the reservoir 7. In the bottom of the valve casing or shell 11 is formed an outlet opening 14,;which alines said casing, so that when the plug 12 is therein into register with the said opening 14 and bore, the disinfectant material h dwithin the reservoir 7 may be discharged into the flush tank 5, so as to commingle with the water contained therein.

It will he noted that th'e'pocket 13 of the turning plug 12 alines with the bore of the with the bore of the casing and nipple only when the float-as-' I sumes the position shown in: Fig. 1, and consequently when the apparatus is used in conjunction with tanks of smaller capacity,

the fioat would not be moved to its proper height for a successful operation 10f the apparatus Thus, to provide forthis end, it will -he manifest that by, reason of the adjustment between the reservoir and valve casing, that when the apparatus is used in conjunction with tanks of smaller capacity,

the valve casing may be adjusted to a lower position, thereby lengthening the upward movement of the float .so' that it will be moved the required distance i9! successful operation as described.

Formed on the plug 12 is a stem '15,, with which is rigidly connected the arm '16 of a ball float 17, the latter being adapted to rise and fall with the quantity of water d er filling of the said tank, the float 17 will als rise with the water, thereby turning the plug 12, thus positioning the opening in the said plug at right angles to the bore in the valve casing 11 and in. this manner shutting oli' from the tank the supply of disinfectant held within the reservoir. Now. on the dis charge of the water from the tank 5, the float 17 will be caused to extend within the said tank and in this manner the turning plug 12 will be rotated, so as to bring its opening into alinement with the opening I l and the bore in the valve casing or shell 11, thereby permitting the disinfectant contents to gravitate from the reservoir 7 into the Valve arm secured to one end of the said valve, a float carried by the free end of the said arm, a pocket in said valve adapted to aline with the opening in said receptacle on movement of said valve to a predetermined height, and said valve casing and nipple be ing adjustable to regulate the rise of said float to said predetermined height with tanks of different capacities, as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES GILSON. Witnesses:

J. L. MITCHELL, MARY G. SMITH. 

